§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many foreign military personnel were in the United Kingdom undergoing military training on 1 March; and if he will list the countries from which they came. [20175]
§ Mr. SoamesAccording to our records, on 1 March 1997, a total of 831 military personnel from the following countries were attending training courses in the United Kingdom;
- Antigua
- Australia
- Austria
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Botswana
- Brazil
- Brunei
- Bulgaria
- Canada
- Chile
- China
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Egypt
- Estonia
- Fiji
- France
- Germany
- Georgia
- Ghana
- Greece
- Guatemala
- Guyana
- Hungary
- India
- Indonesia
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Jamaica
511 - Japan
- Jordan
- Kenya
- Kuwait
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Former Yugoslavia
- Republic of Macedonia
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Malta
- Mauritius
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Paraguay
- Poland
- Portugal
- Qatar
- Romania
- Russia
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- South Africa
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Sweden
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Turkey
- Ukraine
- Uruquay
- United Arab Emirates
- USA
- Yemen
- Zimbabwe
In addition, an exercise involving some 2,021 personnel from Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Spain and USA was taking place in UK waters on that date.